Sponsored by Nuclear Blast USA, Decibel Magazine, Amoeba Music L.A. and Dean Guitars, the world’s first-ever film festival dedicated to heavy metal music will be taking place at the Downtown Independent Cinema in Los Angeles, California this March 31st through April 3rd, 2011.

“We are proud to announce that Germany’s Blind Guardian have submitted a magical, one-of-a-kind, still-in-the-making film edited by Andreas Fiekers called ‘Travelers at the Edge of Time’ for a world premiere to debut exclusively at the Heavy Metal Film Festival in Downtown Los Angeles. The new film speaks to the band’s evolution and how it led them into the symphonic saga of their latest album, 2010’s Billboard Top 200-charting At The Edge Of Time. ‘Travelers at the Edge of Time’ will be screened at the HMFF’s special Closing Night event on Sunday at 9 p.m.”(more…)

On Tuesday morning we have lost one of our closest friends; “Trucker God” Rene Hennig passed away after having fought a courageous fight against cancer. Rene was one of the most positive persons we have met on this wonderful road of life. We will always keep him in our hearts as an inspiration for braveness and hope.

Our hearts and prayers are with the Japanese people. This is the most tragic event we have ever witnessed. There are no words to describe such events. We should all try to have hope and faith for a better world, no matter how sad things are.